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From: Ian.Lloyd@nationwide.co.uk
Date: Aug 12, 2002 3:55AM

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Dear all,

Following on from the Accessible Form Element Builder tool, I have built
another accessibility helper tool.

This time it's tables that get the Lloydi treatment:

http://www23.brinkster.com/favelets/accessible-table-builder-intro.htm
http://www23.brinkster.com/favelets/accessible-table-builder.htm

The tool first asks how many colums you want, and from there on you can set:

* all the usual table properties (padding spacing etc)
* table summary
* table caption
* whether to pre-fill cells with spaces
* how many rows are required

and for each column you can set a heading, width and abbreviated heading.

The code generated can also be previewed in a new window, with the option of
viewing with a selection of very simple style sheets.

It automatically places the necessary header and id attributes as well as
thead, tbody elements

As usual, a link from yourselves (if you have your own sitea) would be
appreciated. I think it has value - to my mind, no-one else is making these
kind of tools available on the web for free. I guess it's only a matter of
time before all the software manufacturers are up to speed on this.

Anyway, hope you like!

> Ian Lloyd, Electronic Channels
> Nationwide Building Society
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